Nominalizations

What makes a sentence like the following so awful: "The planning of the redecorating of the house was a decision made by Betty." Answer: nominalizations — nouns rooted in another part of speech, usually a verb or adjective. "Planning," "redecorating" and "decision," for example, are more dynamic in their verb forms: "Betty planned to redecorate the house." Here's the full explanation.

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